Cigarette extinguishing and crushing device



March 11, 1930. c. DUCAS 1,750,164

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND CRUSHING DEVICE Filed June 2, 1927 INVENTORATTORNEY Clzarles DLwas, 1 BY Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATESCHARLES DUCAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND CRUSHING DEVICE Application filed. June 2,1927. Serial No. 196,033.

My present invention relates to a smokers ash receiver which may be madein the form of a tray, or mounted upon a stand and which has for itsprincipal object the extinguishing of fire from the lighted cigar orcigarette and at the same time act as a receptacle for the ashes,matches, etc.

One of the particular advantages of my invention is that the means forextinguishing the lighted cigarette, is pivotally and resilientlymounted to the tray in such a manner as to permit the crushing of thelighted end of the cigarette and the subsequent maceration of thecigarette, by a scouring motion, 1

after which the ash and debris may be swept therefrom into thereceptacle below. Owing to this form of structure the extinguishingplatform is therefore kept clean for continued use.

These and other capabilities will be ascertained as the descriptionproceeds and ob Vious modifications may be made in my structure withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention or the appended claim.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional View taken on the line 11, Fig. 2,looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is fragmentary view of the crushing portion of my device inextinguishing position.

In detail, my device comprises primarilv any suitable form of receptacle1, Fig. 1, to act as a receptacle for holding debris, matches and ash,and in the present form of embodiment is preferably provided with anoutstanding annular flange 2 upon which may be supported the cigaretteextinguishing apparatus about to be described.

In some forms the flange 2 may be sufiiciently large in diameterto'support the hereunder described extinguishing apparatus, but in thepresent instance I have provided a pair of outstanding, oppositelylocated tabs or ears 3 and 4: respectively, these being a part of, andpreferably integral with, said flange 2. On one of the said ears, 3 islocated a ball headed stud 5 which, as shown, in its preferred from, isthreaded on its shank 7 and shouldered thereabove and oooperates with anut 6 thereby to lock the Stld. 5 in fixed operative position on the ta3. i

At about midway of the ball diameter of the stud, there is a slot 8 intowhich is introduced a resilient steel spring member 9, the same beingpivotally mounted for move-- ment in the slot 8 by means of a pin 10entering therethrough. In this manner of mounting, the spring element 9is movable about its center pin 10, as indicated by the dotted and fulllines in Fig. 2.

At the opposite end of the spring 10 is provided fixed extinguishingplate 11 which is affixed to the spring by means of a riveting stud 12of somewhat similar construction to the stud 5, the said extinguishingplate being preferably in the form of a disk, the stud 12 forming ameans for grasping the same between the fingers for operating.

Immediately below the plate 11, when in its axial position anddiametrically opposite the stud 5, is located an extinguishing platform13 which is riveted or otherwise suitably affixed, to the lug or ear 4:,as indicated in Fig. 2. It is intended that this platform shall besubstantially rigid and non-yielding so as to form an anvil or supportupon which to crush and extinguish a lighted cigarette when desired.

In the positions shown in Fig. 1, the crushing disk 11 is suflicientlyspaced from the extinguishing platform 13 to permit of the easyintroduction of a lighted cigarette therebetween and by grasping thestud 12, the cigarette may be crushed between the disk 11 and platform13 as shown in the fragmentary view, Fig. 3.

The crushing of the lighted cigarette stub effectually puts it out andthis is accomplished by pressing and sliding the plate or disc 11sideways upon the cigarette, as indicated in Fig. 3, by the dottedlines, and then, with a sideways motion, it is brushed from the platform13 into the tray 1.

Obviously, the structure herein outlined may be modified in anornamental way so as to add attractiveness in addition to its utility,and it is further obvious that the provision of this crushing device andits associate relation with an ash tray makes it a clean job to put outlighted cigarettes when they are finished, thus obviating the soiling ofthe fingers and the unpleasantness of crushing cigarettes by the fingersin a customary manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A cigarette extinguisher comprising a tray portion, a fixed cigarettecrushing platform mounted thereon, and a movable ci arette extinguishingplate mounted on sai tray,

said plate having means for permitting oscillatory motion in two planesrelative to said tray and platform.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this1st day of June, A. D. 1927.

CHARLES DUCAS.

